The pioneering actress Anna May Wong will become the first Asian American featured on U.S. currency as part of a program honoring distinguished women and their contributions.
She was also shut out of playing lead roles in romance films due to anti-miscegenation laws at the time that barred interracial marriages in the U.S. as well as any kind of onscreen kissing depicting interracial relationships.
After a few years, Wong left Hollywood due to the constant discrimination and yellowface and moved to Europe where she starred in several plays and films.for a few productions later in the 20th century, including "Shanghai Express" and "," which made her the first Asian American to lead a TV show in the U.S.
Wong died in 1961 of a heart attack at 56 years old. She was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame one year before her death and is widely acknowledged as the visionary whoWong's quarter is the fifth released this year under the American Women Quarters Program, which will feature coins designed to recognize trailblazing women from 2022 through 2025, with five quarters issued per year.
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